{"id":2288848,"date":"2024-07-03T18:00:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T22:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-scraps-ballot-measure-to-compete-against-partial-prop-47-repeal-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-03T18:03:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T22:03:10","slug":"newsom-scraps-ballot-measure-to-compete-against-partial-prop-47-repeal-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-scraps-ballot-measure-to-compete-against-partial-prop-47-repeal-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom scraps ballot measure to compete against partial Prop 47 repeal &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewsom-scraps-ballot-measure-to-compete-against-partial-prop-47-repeal-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2288848&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article \u2064discusses how California \u200bGovernor Gavin Newsom and state Democratic leaders have decided to abandon a proposed\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-5-ore-counties-vote-on-leaving-state-residents-want-to-detach-from-deep-blue-state-and-join-greater-idaho\/\" title=\"Report: 5 Ore. counties vote on leaving state, residents want to detach from deep blue state and join Greater Idaho\">ballot measure<\/a> to compete against an already approved measure related to \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-woman-allegedly-faked-her-own-death-to-avoid-being-charged-with-making-a-false-accusation-of-sexual-assault\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania Woman Allegedly Faked Her Own Death To Avoid Being Charged With Making A False Accusation Of Sexual Assault\">retail theft<\/a> and drugs. The Democrats had hoped to pass their alternative through the legislature but ultimately chose \u200cnot \u2064to move forward with it. Newsom blamed \u200csupporters of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-californians-unhappy-with-newsoms-handling-of-crime-homelessness\/\" title=\"Poll: Californians Unhappy With Newsom\u2019s Handling Of Crime, Homelessness\">approved ballot measure<\/a> for not negotiating on\u200b a compromise and \u200ccited lack \u2063of time as a reason\u2062 for\u200c not being\u200b able \u2064to make it to \u200cthe ballot.\u200b The article also mentions the response from Greg Totten, co-chair of Californians for\u2062 Safer \u200bCommunities, who expressed satisfaction with the decision to drop \u200cthe countermeasure and invited\u2062 the\u200d Governor and Legislature to join their campaign\u2063 to address issues\u200d such as retail theft, the fentanyl crisis, and homelessness.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon 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href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Newsom scraps ballot measure to compete against partial Prop 47 repeal<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/jack-birle\/\">Jack Birle<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-03T15:57:53-04:00\">July 3, 2024 3:57 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1693824\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Gavin Newsom\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) and state Democratic leadership in the Golden State are backing off a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3065128\/california-republicans-slam-democrats-alternative-retail-theft-ballot-measure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"competing ballot measure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/last-minute-bipartisan-bill-in-senate-would-reduce-colorado-property-taxes\/\" title=\"Senate&#039;s eleventh-hour bipartisan bill aims to cut Colorado property taxes\">competing ballot measure<\/a><\/a> on retail theft and drugs to pit against an already approved measure that will appear before voters in November.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"California\">California<\/a> Democrats had proposed a ballot measure to go up against the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act, hoping to get their alternative passed through the legislature by the Wednesday deadline, but late Tuesday Democrats announced they would not be moving forward with their proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom laid blame on supporters of the ballot measure already confirmed for the ballot, arguing they would not negotiate on a compromise. He also said while he had the necessary votes, time ran out for the amendment to make it to the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey refused, opting to instead push a ballot measure that would revive policies from the era of mass incarceration and the failed war on drugs,\u201d Newsom said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/07\/03\/newsom-and-democratic-leaders-drop-their-crime-ballot-measure-00166409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"according to\">according to<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Totten, co-chair of Californians for Safer Communities, the group backing the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act, said he was \u201cpleased\u201d with the news in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased The Governor and Legislature have dropped their countermeasure and welcome them to join our campaign to responsibly amend Prop 47 to deal with retail theft, the fentanyl crisis and homelessness,\u201d Totten said.<\/p>\n<p>The ballot measure would enhance some penalties for drug dealers, along with other enhanced penalties for criminals who have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-and-democrats-feud-about-how-to-fix-californias-soft-on-crime-proposition-47\/\" title=\"Republicans and Democrats clash over solutions to reform California&#039;s lenient Proposition 47\">previously committed thefts<\/a>.\u00a0The amendment also works to modify Proposition 47, a 2014 ballot measure that reduced penalties for some crimes in the state that they have said is at the core of the spike in crime in the past decade.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The proposed countermeasure was the Democrats\u2019 latest attempt to kneecap the proposed amendment. Last month Democrats in the legislature attempted to add \u201cpoison pills\u201d to anti-theft measures that would cause new laws designed to combat crime to be repealed upon the passage of the ballot measure. After pushback, Democrats removed the poison pill amendments last month.<\/p>\n<p>Voters in the Golden State will decide the fate of the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act on Nov. 5.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1693824\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1693824\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Gavin Newsom and California Democrats have decided to abandon their proposed ballot measure on retail theft and drugs in response to an already approved measure that will be presented to voters in November. Newsom blamed supporters of the approved measure for not negotiating on a compromise and stated that although he had the necessary votes, there was not enough time to get their proposal on the ballot. The approved measure, known as the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act, aims to enhance penalties for drug dealers and repeat offenders of theft, as well as modify Proposition 47, a 2014 ballot measure that reduced penalties for certain crimes. Supporters of the approved measure welcomed the news that the Democrats had dropped their countermeasure and invited them to join their campaign. The Democrats&#8217; proposed countermeasure was their latest effort to undermine the approved amendment, following a previous attempt to add &#8220;poison pills&#8221; to anti-theft measures that was later removed. Voters in California will have the opportunity to vote on the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act on November 5th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2288849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CA-Gov.-Gavin-Newsom.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32912,4045,3678,33845,32076],"class_list":["post-2288848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ballot-measure","tag-california","tag-newsom","tag-prop-47-repeal","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CA-Gov.-Gavin-Newsom.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2288849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}